Relations between timing, position, and grouping in short-term memory

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 573-587

  Farrell, Simon ^a   Wise, Victoria ^a   Lelièvre, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grouping; Recall latency; Serial recall; Short term memory; Temporal isolation; Timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053319071     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-010-0053-0     Document Type: Article

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